Professional Photo Studio Light Kit 4 Heads Lighting Set with Free Light Stand, free light bulb | List Price: $499.95
Discount Price: $145.00
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Brand: Casio
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: Manufacturer warranty for 1 year from date of purchase
Features: - Pair of Studio 4 heads Lighting Set
- Pair of seperate power cord
- pair of light diffuser cover
- pair of Light stand
- Free 8 x 27watt 5500k daylight balance light bulbs
Only for digital cameras [Posted on 2007-01-09]
The lighting kit came on time and although it was relatively simple to set up, no instructions came with it. One of the supplied bulbs was not working. I had a bit of a problem putting on the difusser cap on, as they are from cloth and when you tighten on one side, another part gets loose. The soft white color from fluorescent bulbs is not equivalent to daylight temperature, so the photos come a bit blue/greenish, unless you make adjustments in your digital camera. I am concerned about the final color output when you combine it with flash, which has daylight color temperature.
Other than that, the kit is fine. I suggest that you search a bit more and get a flash unit.
Great Value! Perfect for what we needed. [Posted on 2008-01-31]
We got these to take "professional quality" photos of our baby girls without all the expense of Studio photographs. Originally we purchased a boom kit, but of course the lights were much too hot. These lights are nice and cool, and we can set the white-setting on the camera to adjust to the flourescent hue. The stands and lights are very good quality. The diffuser screens don't work at all, but we weren't planning on using them anyway. Keep that mind though it they are important to you. Other than that they're great!
Satisfied customer [Posted on 2008-02-08]
Great Value + excellent customer service!
Ordered this set last month and arrived on time. One of the bulb stopped working after 1 hour. Sent email to their customer on Thursday and got reply on Friday morning... The replacement arrived on Friday afternoon. Very surprised!
I will order from them again for sure.
Studio light heads [Posted on 2008-06-16]
Comes VERY well packaged, easy to set up. Bulbs are free and you get what you pay for... be very careful screwing them in, the bulb base is not very well attached. No biggee though, a four pack at Home Depot is $[...]. (look for 5500k rated bulbs).
Good customer service, there was a mix up in shipping methods and after I received a preship e-mail I was able to call and have the method changed.
2-16" reflectors and the equivalent of just over 300w of light/unit. The diffuser is quite easy to install if you lay the head face up :)
Update... I've had this Kit for almost six months now, I've upgraded the bulb wattage and built softboxes with rip stop nylon diffusers. By changing bulbs I can go from 300w/head to 1200w/head.
The only problem I've had is the tilt mechanism was not designed for the slight weight increase of the softboxes, simple solution, tape a styrofoam spacer on the light stand :)
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg202/donkondra/Softboxes.jpg
Very pleased with the value this kit provides.
Cheers, Don
Competition [Posted on 2008-11-16]
I didn't buy this but it is available at [...] and it includes 8 26watt 5500k bulbs. The description above is a bit confusing, but I believe the set here (and there) includes 2 stands, 2 reflectors, and 4 fluorescent light bulbs to go in each base - so 8 bulbs. You have to have a lot of bulbs to get it bright enough with fluorescent. After doing a lot of research, I decided to go with tungsten bulbs - the QL-1000, which are 1000 watt bulbs. They get a lot hotter than fluorescent, but include a fan on the light to cool.
I wasn't sure how flexible this light kit would be so I decided to spend a bit more for a more professional setup - you can get a tungsten lamp that includes a softbox, barndoors (reflectors), and a 6.5' stand for about $209. Just shop around and be sure you know what you're getting. Lighting is the most important part!! and you want a flexible resource.
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